Iden Green

Iden Green
Iden Green is located in Kent
Iden Green
Iden Green
Location within Kent
OS grid referenceTQ795373
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCRANBROOK
Postcode districtTN17
Dialling code01580
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Kent
51°06′26″N 0°33′48″E / 51.1073°N 0.5634°E / 51.1073; 0.5634

Iden Green is a small village, near Benenden, in the county of Kent. It belongs to the civil parish of Benenden and the Tunbridge Wells Borough District of Kent, in the South East of England.[1]

In Old English 'Iden' refers to a 'pasture by the yew trees' (from ig 'yew' + denn 'pasture'). Hence the village's name means 'a pasture of green by the yew trees'.[2]

The village of Iden Green should not be confused with the nearby hamlet named Iden Green[3] between Goudhurst and Cranbrook.

  1. ^ Martin, W Stanley (1896). A Glimpse at Cranbrook – The Town of the Weald. Cranbrook: E. J. Holmes. p. 78.
  2. ^ "Ancestry and ancient language of place names".
  3. ^ 51°06′36″N 0°29′16″E / 51.1099972°N 0.4877286°E / 51.1099972; 0.4877286